Sherlock Holmes Drabbles #8- #10
Title: Drabbles, titles below
Author: Jaelijn
Rating: PG
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson
Summary: Answer to prompts 8-10 from the prompt table provided by kscribbler for the community mere_appendix
Warnings: abduction
Author's Note: More drabbles for you. Enjoy, and please, leave a comment.
8. Missing
Three days and two-and-forty minutes since I had last seen him. I had known him to vanish without a trace, but not without as much as an indication as to what he was up to. As far as I could tell, he was not working on a case. As far as I knew, he had intended to go on an afternoon stroll. The Yard was looking for him.
The news of a body found in the Thames gave me the fright of my life. However, it had not been him.
Three days and three-and-forty minutes since Sherlock Holmes was missing.
9. Darkness
continuation of the last
I was hardly aware that time passed at all. It seemed to have been abolished altogether.
Suspended in darkness as I was, robbed of any stimulant but the searing pain in my bound limbs and my back from being cramped into an uncomfortable position no matter how I would shift my weight, time had lost meaning. It could have been minutes, or it could have been days, I could not rightly say.
In part, I attributed it to the strong alcohol that had been forced down my throat. But clearly it was the darkness that weighted heaviest on my mind.
10. Light
continuation of the last
As the constables apprehended the culprits, keeping them away from the informant, I rushed down to the basement.
It was deucedly dark there, but the candle illuminated even the farthest corner.
This was were Sherlock Holmes cowered, the very image of misery. He was bound securely and clearly very sore - they had known how formidable their opponent was.
I hurried to free him while he was still blinking against the light.
“It's me, Watson.”
“Yes.” His head lolled and he had problems focussing, but at least he was alive.
“Come, I'll get you out of here.”
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